Son of Job and Mary Jane Hough, of 5, Wheatfield Street, Haulgh, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Bolton Municipal Secondary School. Formerly Sergeant 707, Australian Imperial Forces. Commissioned 19/08/1916. Killed by a shell during a fierce bombardment.
Hough, George –
Personal details
- Surname: Hough
- Forename: George
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Not known
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 25
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: December 6th, 1916
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Unit: 16th Battalion, Australian Infantry.
- Service number: Not known
- Regiment: Australian Imperial Forces
- Enlistment date: September 19th, 1914 - 1914-09-19
- Enlistment location: Helena Vale, Western Australia, Australia
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: St / V / BW
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Municipal Secondary School
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- St. Stephen and All Martyrs (Lever Bridge) C.E. Church WWI Memorial - Bolton
- CWGC Memorial: Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers, Somme, France
- CWGC reference: I. A. 20.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 05/01/1917 05/01/1917 28/12/1917
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 5h 6c* S6*
- Bolton Chronicle: 22/12/1916
- Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 05/01/1917 06/07/1917 28/12/1917